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Let me begin this story by unequivocally stating I have no proof the IRS is doing anything wrong. That said, considering their recent past history of targeting groups who oppose the beliefs of the current administration, I'm having a tough time believing there isn't something going on behind the scenes in this case.

I'm going to lay out the facts and let you decide for yourself.

Bill Elliot was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. He appeared on Fox News on November 7th after being told by his health insurers his coverage was being dropped due to it being "beyond the catastrophic previous condition." He went on to say the President's recent apology was "more of a insult to me and other people who have been cancelled than him saying 41 times that, period, you'll keep your insurance, period."

Here's the clip of Bill Elliot appearing on Fox News:

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A short time after appearing on the show, Mr. Elliot received a bit of good news. His insurance company decided they were going to let him keep his coverage. He also found out his cancer was in remission and he had longer to live than he'd originally expected.

The euphoria didn't last long, though. A few days later Mr. Elliot received a certified letter from the IRS stating he would be audited for the tax year of 2009. Elliot claims he's paid his taxes on time every year and was working for the government in 2009.

Like I said at the beginning of the article, I have no proof this man is being unfairly targeted by the IRS, but the circumstances of the audit seem more than a little strange. To top things off, an insurance broker who offered to help Elliot get coverage after the interview with Fox is also getting audited, and he's being audited all the way back to 2003.

A man named Elan Gale was stuck sitting near an extremely angry woman on a pre-Thanksgiving flight that got delayed. This is nothing out of the ordinary, as there are always delayed flights around the holidays and there are usually a passenger or two on those flights who act like they're the only ones being inconvenienced by the delay.

What was out of the ordinary was the man's response to the woman and the series of notes he exchanged with her, along with the Twitter posts he made during and after the flight.

You probably haven't heard of American Christian pastor Saeed Abedini. Aside from Fox News, the mainstream media has barely touched on the story of this American citizen who is currently being held hostage and tortured by the Iranians for his Christian beliefs. He's been imprisoned in Iran for more than a year now, and has reportedly suffered through numerous beatings and who knows how much torture. He was accused of attempts to undermine the Iranian government by establishing Christian churches in Iran and was promptly sentenced to serve 8 years in a dangerous Iranian prison.

While this nuclear deal may seem like it happened all of sudden, it appears talks have been going on behind the scenes for quite some time. The talks have apparently been going on for at least as long as Abedini has been held and tortured, possibly longer.

When the "historic" nuclear enrichment agreement with Iran was announced, I'm sure Pastor Abedini's family was on the edge of their seats, waiting for the announcement they'd been waiting over a year to hear. Surely Obama wouldn't forget about an American pastor held hostage by the nation he was about to lift sanctions against, would he?

Obama and John Kerry apparently failed to negotiate the release of Abedini as part of the deal. They had the leverage to do it. Iran was finally starting to crumble under the sanctions placed on them many years ago. This was our chance to hit hard and demand the Saeed be released. It didn't happen. Our administration sat down across the table from Iran and hammered out a nuclear arms treaty without securing the release of Abedini.

In case you're wondering whether it was simply an oversight, here's a press statement released by John Kerry on August 28 regarding Abedini and two other American citizens left behind in Iraq. Our government knowingly left American citizens behind while hammering out a toothless nuclear arms agreement with Iran.

There should have been no treaty until our citizens were released. Like the press release says, "These men belong at home with those who love them and miss them."

If you checked in with the liberal hive mind media this weekend you undoubtedly heard the pundits praising the almighty Lord of the Land for brokering a nuclear deal with Iran. Some of the coverage on this "groundbreaking deal" would lead you to believe Obama had brokered a deal with Iran that would lead to the complete and permanent disarmament of their nuclear weapons program.

As with anything the media puts out about Obama, the facts don't support the claims.

First, let me point out the silver lining in this cloud of nuclear radiation. Iran appears willing to talk to President Obama. They also appear willing to halt at least some of their nuclear operations.

What's problematic with the deal is it doesn't solve anything. Iran has "agreed" to halt nuclear enrichment above 5% and has committed to neutralize any nuclear material that has been enriched into weapon-grade material. They've also agreed to allow monitoring of their nuclear enrichment program. What they weren't able to come to terms on and have agreed to disagree on is whether Iran has a right to enrich nuclear material.

In exchange for their modest concessions, the U.S. has agreed to lift a number of sanctions against Iran, a move that will likely provide billions in relief.

Instead of forcing Iran to disbar their nuclear program, Obama has agreed to lift sanctions while allowing Iran to continue enriching nuclear material. Iran has made it very clear they don't plan on stopping nuclear enrichment anytime soon. In effect, by agreeing to disagree on Iran's right to enrichment, the United States is condoning Iran's enrichment program.

This hasn't gone unnoticed by the rest of the world. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had this to say about the deal:

"What was concluded in Geneva last night is not a historic agreement, it's a historic mistake. It's not made the world a safer place. Like the agreement with North Korea in 2005, this agreement had made the world a much more dangerous place."

Lifting the sanctions prior to Iran actually doing something is a foolhardy move that shows trust in a nation that's proven themselves untrustworthy on a world stage time and time again. It could turn into something better, but it's more likely to turn into a game of cat and mouse as Iran continues to enrich weapons-grade material while hiding it from prying eyes.